Space Trivia

by Bill Pogue and William R. Pogue

Book Overview

Pulls together over 800 trivia questions from the Mercury project of the early 1960s right up to the current Shuttle/Space Station era. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 189652298X
• ISBN13: 9781896522982
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: Apogee Books
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Outstanding space trivia book!

This book was fun, enjoyable, and interesting to read. The first part of the book has 800 space related trivia questions with their answers. Other sections include: Naming a Spacecraft, Lunar Landing Sites, G-Forces, and an index that includes the trivia question subject and page number. There is also a center section that has color photos. The last few pages includes information about other space related and Apogee Space Series books to buy. This book can be improved by producing a current updated edition with color photos where there are black and white ones. Another suggestion may be to produce a hardcover version. This trivia book is great along with the space related board game Go For Launch!

Great Book for Everyone

If you had the opportunity to meet and spend time with an astronaut, what questions would you ask? In his book, former astronaut, William (Bill) Pogue answers many of the questions that we all have about what it's like to be in space. He answers questions from the most mundane, like which astronaut has the longest name, to highly technical questions related to atmospheric drag during reentry. In addition to the answers to 800 questions ranging from the early days of NASA to the joint International Space Station project, there is a section on firsts in space, lots of black and white photos and a extensive index. Bill Pogue was the pilot of the Skylab 4 mission, which was the third and final manned visit to the Skylab orbital workshop. At the time, this mission was the longest flight in the history of manned space exploration and set a record of 34.5-million-miles traveled. The crew successfully completed numerous material science experiments, Earth observations as well as solar observations. After leaving NASA, he provided contract technical support to the Boeing Company, working on the Space Station Freedom and its offspring the International Space Station. He is also the author of the book, "How Do You Go to the Bathroom in Space?"

Very good book! Lots of interesting questions.

The book has lots of fun questions and the answers are very informative. The longer answers include a 2nd sidebar of info. Includes the basic questions that most space enthusiasts should know plus more in-depth questions. Some about the shuttle, the early Gemini and Mercury missions, Apollo and also planet-related questions. Worth reading and a good reference book, when you need to know the dimensions of the shuttle payload bay, for example (15 feet by 60 feet).

Lots of space facts

What a fun read! Lots of items that could be used either at a space party or indeed to educate kids. There are so many cool factoids and many excellent color photos. Bill Pogue should be congratulated for putting this excellent book together. I also like to see Apogee appealing to the armchair astronaut in us all without being too technical.I would recommend this book, especially to any teachers that might consider it.